PubMed · 6544159
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M Perromat. 1984. [Allergic blepharoconjunctivitis].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6544159/
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A prospective, randomised, double blind, partial crossover, placebo controlled trial has been conducted to compare the performance of topical fusidic acid gel (Fucithalmic) and oral oxytetracycline as treatment for symptomatic chronic blepharitis. Treatment success was judged both by a reduction in symptoms and clinical examination before and after therapy. Seventy five per cent of patients with blepharitis and associated rosacea were symptomatically improved by fusidic acid gel and 50% by oxytetracycline, but fewer (35%) appeared to benefit from the combination. Patients with chronic blepharitis of other aetiologies did not respond to fusidic acid gel but 25% did benefit from oxytetracycline and 30% from the combination. Our results demonstrate the need to investigate patients with blepharitis for concomitant rosacea as they respond well to targeted therapy.
Meibomian lipid layers were studied in the anterior mirror area by reflecting microscopy and interference microscopy. Using these techniques, it was not possible to correlate the biophysical and morphological data. Brewster angle microscopy provides direct observation of the spread Meibomian lipid layer with simultaneous registration of the surface pressure. It is based on the fact that He-Ne laser light, which is incident at a water surface under the Brewster angle, does not reflect visible light. After spreading of a lipid film, the angle of the incident light beam varies, causing reflection of light. The Meibomian lipid layer was studied in a Langmuir-type trough. At 5.0 mN/m the lipid layers are homogeneous and mobile, consisting of areas of higher and lower reflectivity. In patients with meibomitis the films are inhomogeneous and immobile. The thickness of the areas of lower reflectivity is 2 nm, the high reflectivity lipids are 8-10 nm thick. According to these results, Meibomian gland secretion can form monolayers under in vitro conditions.
The method and results of the use of itrakonazol, a new antifungal agent of the imidazol class, in the treatment of fungal diseases of the eye are described. The clinical trials involved 50 patients with various clinical forms of ophthalmomycosis: 27 patients with fungal affection of the cornea, 3 patients with fungal endophthalmitis, 8 patients with fungal canaliculitis, 3 patients with fungal blepharitis and 9 patients with fungal conjunctivitis. The clinical trials showed that itraconazole had a sufficiently high antifungal activity in the treatment of the ophthalmomycoses. The drug is low toxic and well tolerated.